Vic and Rebecca talked about their afternoon trip to the Elite Camp. Rebecca was also curious about how strong the students in the Elite Camp were, and Vic gave her a brief explanation.
" Rebecca, you'll be sixteen after Recruit Camp, right?" Vic said with a touch of emotion.
" The Recruit Camp training lasted for six months. I was not even sixteen years old then, not quite. Why are you suddenly bringing this up?" Rebecca thought for a moment and then asked curiously.
"That's enough. Here's what I'm thinking: you're still young, and your body isn't ready for high-intensity training yet, so I won't teach you the Six Powers for now. I already learned the secrets of training the Six Powers at the Elite Camp today."
"You should first learn a professional skill that will allow you to make a living on a warship. Then, focus on physical training and gradually improve your physical fitness. By the time you finish Recruit Camp training, your body will be ready to learn the Six Powers Styles."
After pondering for a while, Vic shared his next plan with Rebecca, which was essentially the main task he had planned for Rebecca.
"Then, we'll use our spare time to awaken our Observation Haki Awakening. That depends on your talent. I'll train you. From now on, we can train at the beach. When we get tired, we can go into the sea to hunt Sea Kings to replenish our energy. We'll build a wooden house here when we have time, which can also serve as a temporary residence."
Vic then proposed another training plan. At this stage, Vic felt it was important for Rebecca to first master Observation Haki.
"How do I train Observation Haki? I have absolutely no clue!" Rebecca was also having a headache over Observation Haki, but she was also envious when she saw Vic using Observation Haki to dodge attacks.
"I've talked to you about belief and will before, haven't I? These are two abstract concepts, things you can't see or touch, but once they act on the human body, they can unleash powerful energy."
After Vic finished speaking, he looked at Rebecca, Rebecca gave him a puzzled look. Vic felt a little helpless and could only explain further.
"That is to say, our beliefs have power. When a belief is strong enough, it can generate the power to realize that belief."
"When you focus your belief on the sword in your hand, believing that it can cut through steel, when that belief is strong enough, its power will unify all the strength in your body, concentrating it into a single point and unleashing it. This is what I told you before about the Realm of Cutting Steel steel. The premise is that all your combined strength can indeed cut through steel, so physical training cannot stop. The body is the foundation of everything."
Vic prepared to explain this conceptual issue in two parts.
"I understood some of it. Is it a dream come true?" Rebecca asked tentatively.
"It's somewhat similar, but not comprehensive. Belief isn't something you come up with today or tomorrow; it has to be long-term, without the slightest doubt, even subconsciously."
"Only in this way can we achieve complete unity of the body, using all our strength to realize this belief, or to break through the obstacles in front of it. For us swordsmen, belief is to cut through all obstacles in our path; this is the ultimate goal, or rather, the greatest belief."
"This overarching belief can be broken down into many smaller stages, such as Cutting Steel, severing rivers, breaking mountains, and opening seas. These are all part of the larger concept of the strongest swordsman cutting through all obstacles, and they do not conflict with each other."
Vic further explained that this explanation was about belief, but it hadn't yet been applied to the specific training of a swordsman. Vic wanted Rebecca to first understand what belief was before transitioning to the training of a swordsman.
" Vic, I know my belief now. I want to become a powerful swordsman and use my sword to uphold justice. That's my belief," Rebecca said after thinking for a while, her face firm.
"That's right, that's the biggest belief. Once you recognize that, everything else will be much easier."
Vic was glad that Rebecca understood. In fact, his explanation of these abstract concepts was also based on some sayings from his previous life. He himself had broken through in a life-or-death battle, and he knew that feeling, but it was difficult to explain, so he could only put it into perspective.
"So how do we swordsmen utilize the power of belief? When we swordsmen wield our swords, a lot of Sword Qi dissipates and cannot be concentrated on our blade, causing some of the power of our sword techniques to dissipate."
"Furthermore, most of our power is trapped within our bodies, preventing us from using it. However, when our belief becomes strong enough, we can utilize the power of that belief."
"We can use the power of belief to concentrate the Sword Qi overflowing from the blade back onto the blade, or we can mobilize the power trapped in our bodies to the blade, and the strongest sword will appear."
"This sword can completely cut through obstacles that are normally impenetrable; this is the fundamental application of conviction in us swordsmen."
Vic talked a lot this time. After he learned to Cutting Steel, his belief drove his Sword Qi through this process.
Rebecca fell into deep thought. This time she truly understood. Vic had explained it very clearly, explaining the power of belief and how to use it to control the sword. Now it was up to her to master it herself.
Seeing Rebecca deep in thought, Vic didn't disturb her. He got up, flipped the meat over, sprinkled some seasoning on it, and continued grilling. Once he finished, Rebecca had come to her senses. Vic then sat down next to Rebecca, preparing his words to use his Observation Haki.
Now that you understand the concept of belief, you should have a better grasp of intention. Intention is a thought or idea that we generate every moment.
"For example, right now, if we're going to drink tonight, what kind of dishes should we make? Stir-fry, stew, pan-fry, deep-fry, braise, etc. Each of these is a thought, and these can all be called intentions. Of course, these intentions don't have much meaning." Vic simply explained the surface meaning of intentions.
"Once we understand what intention is, we need to apply it to our bodies. On a macro level, it's relatively easy. For example, if I want to eat the flesh of a Sea Kings, I can control my body to walk over, pick up the grilled meat, walk back, sit down, and then put the meat in my mouth. If I feel that the meat is a bit hot, I can control my mouth to blow on it to cool it down before eating it. This is very simple for us humans. But it's not possible to do it any further."
"Can you control your heartbeat with your mind? What about digestion? Intestinal peristalsis, and so on?"
"That's not even the hardest part. There are further challenges, like controlling your blood flow, the circulation of fluids in your body, the contraction of blood vessels, hair growth, and so on."
"This isn't the most difficult part. We can go even further: the metabolism within body cells? The movement of various substances inside cells? The fluctuations released by cells, and so on? That's the most difficult part."
Vic explained what ordinary people can and cannot do with their willpower. It's a process from macro to micro, with the operation becoming increasingly refined, and controlling it requires increasingly stronger willpower.
"Ordinary people's mental power is too weak; they can only do things by moving their hands and feet. The next step is like the ultimate technique of the Six Powers, Life Return, which allows them to control their body's weight gain or loss, hair growth, and to freely control their movements, instantly digest food, accelerate blood flow, and so on."
"If your willpower becomes stronger, you can harness the power of Haki within your body. That's what I wanted you to understand after telling you so much!"
After Vic finished speaking, he waited a while to let Rebecca process what he had said.
" Armament Haki exists within every cell in our body, something I only learned today. To Awakening Armament Haki, one needs a powerful will to mobilize the Haki within the cells, gathering them together to defend against attacks or to attack others."
" Observation Haki requires using mental power to control one's own energy fluctuations, to contact the energy waves emitted by external creatures or objects, and to analyze the external situation from these fluctuations. The stronger the mental power, the wider the area that can be probed, and the faster the feedback will be."
"This is how to use the two types of Haki with your will. You need to carefully comprehend this power, and I will also assist you in mastering it." Vic told Rebecca his understanding of the two types of Haki, which was much more thorough and easier to grasp than the understanding of Haki in this world.